Wisconsin Dells, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5588150, place: Wisconsin Dells city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 504 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (7.34%)
Kindergarten: 27 (5.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 239 (47.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 131 (25.99%)
College or graduate school: 70 (13.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,732 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 90 (5.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 205 (11.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 617 (35.62%)
Some college, no degree: 370 (21.36%)
Associate degree: 151 (8.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 198 (11.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 101 (5.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,034 (100%)
Never married: 529 (26.01%)
Now married, except separated: 1,061 (52.16%)
Separated: 35 (1.72%)
Total Widowed: 199 (9.78%)
Widowed Female: 181 (8.9%)
Total Divorced: 210 (10.32%)
Divorced Female: 135 (6.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,922 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 296 (15.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 506 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (10.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,340 (100%)
--With a disability: 294 (21.94%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 1,046 (78.06%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 396 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (42.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,338 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,299 (55.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,020 (43.63%)
--Same county: 389 (16.64%)
--Different county: 631 (26.99%)
----Same state: 460 (19.67%)
----Different state: 171 (7.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,431 (100%)
Native: 2,302 (94.69%)
--Born in United States: 2,291 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,685 (69.31%)
----Different state: 606 (24.93%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 129 (5.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 45 (1.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 66 (2.71%)
--Not a citizen: 63 (2.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 129 (100%)
Europe: 105 (81.4%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (2.33%)
Latin America: 8 (6.2%)
Northern America: 13 (10.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,338 (100%)
English only: 2,166 (92.64%)
Language other than English: 172 (7.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (2.52%)
--Spanish: 30 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 135 (5.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (1.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,431 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,877% (118.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 64 (2.63%)
Danish: 27 (1.11%)
Dutch: 28 (1.15%)
English: 191 (7.86%)
French (except Basque): 56 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.12%)
German: 894 (36.77%)
Greek: 5 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.16%)
Irish: 310 (12.75%)
Italian: 78 (3.21%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 235 (9.67%)
Polish: 287 (11.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 36 (1.48%)
Scottish: 49 (2.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 68 (2.8%)
Swiss: 74 (3.04%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.45%)
United States or American: 209 (8.6%)
Welsh: 18 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 219 (9.01%)

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